Seven governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) refused to attend an emergency meeting convened by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) led by Senator Abdullahi Adamu.
The meeting, which began about 2:35 p.m. on Sunday, was to discuss issues such as the preparations for the 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections, gasoline scarcity, and the economy’s ongoing currency deficit.
Babagana Umara Zulum (Borno), Ben Ayade (Cross River), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (Kano), Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (Kwara), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), and Rotimi Akeredolu were absent from the meeting (Ondo).
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Governors Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina and Hope Uzodinma of Imo, on the other hand, dispatched deputies.
Simon Bako Lalong (Plateau), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Abubakar Sani Bello (Niger), Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), and Yahaya Bello attended the conference (Kogi).
Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Mai Mala Buni (Yobe), Bello Matawalle (Zamfara), Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti), Babajide Sanwo-olu (Lagos), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), and Mohammed Badaru (Kebbi) are among the others (Jigawa).
At the end of the meeting, the governors encouraged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to follow the Supreme Court’s existing court judgment, which asks for the suspension of the ban on old naira notes.
Speaking in a brief interview with newsmen at the end of the meeting, Senator Abdullahi Adamus said “I am sure you are quite aware of the fact that a meeting comprising of APC governors was held today and the leadership of the NWC of our great party was summoned for this afternoon and we had discussions and at the end of the discussions, we have resolved as follows and this resolution is without prejudice whatsoever to the case that is lying at the Supreme Court at this point in time. This has to do with the issue of currency redesign.
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“We note very seriously that the programme and its implementation is causing tremendous difficulties to the people of Nigeria and to the national economy.
“That, we urge the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria to respect the Supreme Court order of interim injunction which is still subsisting.
“That the meeting is urging His Excellency, Mr President to intervene in resolving issues that are causing these great difficulties to the economy.”
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